Sunshine, 20°, light NE. At last. Alan has finally confirmed (2) Cuckoo in Cholsey! Had several reports of Cuckoo heard along the river but no specifics, so could have been up to a kilometre or more away. Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Swallow, Swift, House Martin, Common Whitethroat and a Raven over. Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Four Spotted Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly and Broad-bodied Chaser. Butterflies: Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined Whit ..read more

Mainly sunny, 18°, light SSE. A brief visit to Lollingdon and Bunk areas today and proved somewhat quiet: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Lapwing, Swallow, House Martin and Swift. A Barn Owl earlier in week. Per Andy King. Mammals: Brown Hare & Red Fox. Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle, Banded Demoiselle & Large Red Damselfly. Butterflies: Brimstone, Large White, Orange Tip, Peacock & Speckled Wood. AD, AK, PC & TW. Barn Owl courtesy Andy King Hairy Dragonfly courtesy Alan Mother ..read more

Sunny spells, 18°, light SSE. Bunk line relatively quiet today apart from SSEN contractors chopping tops from trees and bushes under some power cables: Poor timing! Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Swift, Swallow, House Martin and Sparrowhawk. No change at the river re birds: Raven over, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Goldcrest, Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Black-headed Gull, Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail and Kingfisher. Dragonflies: Beautiful D ..read more

Cloudy with the odd sunny spell, 17°, breezy SSE. Lollingdon, Long Ditch, Reedy Ditch, Bunk and River areas: Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, a good number of Swift, Swallow and House Martin and at least 6 Sand Martin and 2 Black-headed Gull. Andy King did the Aston Loop: Flooded Field – 4 Lapwing, 2 Yellow Wagtail. 4 Skylark, Common Whitethroat – no singing sedge warbler. Along the way – Linnet, Song Thrush, Skylark, Yellowhammer, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Dunnock ..read more

Sunny, 22°, light SSE. Lollingdon and Bunk area: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, a Willow Warbler, several Chiffchaff, a Sedge Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Swallow, Swift, House Martin, Lapwing, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull and 2 Lesser Blackback Gull. River: Birds & Insects, no change. Per Alan. Mammals: Brown Hare. Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle, appear to be more numerous now than Banded. Butterflies: Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange Tip, Holly Blue, Peacock & Speckled Wood ..read more

Sunny, 19°, light SSE. A good day for  a stroll, most of our summer visitors are in now but still missing a few.  Lollingdon and Bunk areas: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Whitethroat, 9 Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, a Sedge Warbler, 2 Corn Bunting, 1 Reed Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, a Grey Heron, a Raven, 15 Swallow, 11 Swift, 2 House Martin and a Yellow Wagtail, etc. River: Swallow, Swift, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff and Cetti’s Warbler. Mammals: Red Fox and Brown ..read more

Sunny, 18°, light NNE. A couple of Dragonflies found by Alan. Common Clubtail and Four-spot Chaser ..read more

Mainly cloudy with rain later, 15°, light SSE. Lollingdon: Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat and Blackcap. Per Andy King. Mammals: Brown Hare and Roe Deer. Per Andy King. Dragonflies: Four-spot Chaser. Per Alan. Photos courtesy Andy King and Alan Dawson Brown Hare courtesy Andy King Four-spot Chaser courtesy Alan Roe Deer courtesy Andy King Common Carpet courtesy Andy King ..read more

Mainly sunny, 17°, light SE. River: no apparent change bird wise but 2 new Dragonflies and a Butterfly for the year. Dragonflies: Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly and Large Red Damselfly. Butterflies: Brimstone, Orange Tip, Green Hairstreak and Peacock. AD. photos courtesy Alan   ..read more

Rain until 14:00, then just cloudy, 10°, breezy S. Bunk area: a reasonable passage of Hirundines this afternoon. With c80 House Martin, 40+ Swallow, a handful of Sand Martin plus c20 Swift. 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, a Yellow Wagtail, a Gadwall and 7 Lesser Blackback Gull, etc. AD & PC. Common Whitethroat Blackcap courtesy Alan Reed Bunting ..read more